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Step 5: Create a Spray Injection
1. Define the discrete phase modeling parameters.
Define
Models
Discrete Phase...
(a) Enable Interaction with Continuous Phase in the Interaction group box.
This will include the effects of the discrete phase trajectories on the continuous phase.
(b) Set Number of Continuous Phase Iterations per DPM Iteration to 2.
(c) Click the Physical Models tab to enable the physical models.
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i. Enable Droplet Collision and Droplet Breakup in the Spray Model group box.
ii. Retain the default selection of TAB in the Breakup Model list.
iii. Retain the default value of 0for y0 in the Breakup Constants group box.
iv. Enter 50for Breakup Parcels.
This parameter is the dimensionless droplet distortion at
(d) Click the Tracking tab to specify the Tracking Parameters.
i. Retain the default value of 5for Step Length Factor.
ii. Select dynamic-drag in the Drag Law drop-down list in the Drag Parameters group box.
The dynamic-drag law is available only when the Droplet Breakup model is used.
(e) Retain the Unsteady Particle Tracking option in the Particle Treatment group box.
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(f) Enter 0.0001for Particle Time Step Size.
(g) Retain the default value of 1for Number of Time Steps.
(h) Click OK to close the Discrete Phase Model panel.
An Information dialog box will open, reminding you to confirm the property values before continuing.
(i) Click OK in the Information dialog box to proceed.
2. Create the spray injection.
In this step, you will define the characteristics of the atomizer.
Define
Injections...
(a) Click the Create button to open the Set Injection Properties panel.
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(b) Select air-blast-atomizer from the Injection Type drop-down list.
(c) Enter 60for Number of Particle Streams.
This option controls how many droplet parcels are introduced into the domain at every time step.
(d) Select Droplet in the Particle Type group box.
(e) Select methyl-alcohol-liquid from the Material drop-down list.
(f) Enter 0, 0, and 0.0015for X-Position, Y-Position, and Z-Position, respectively, in the Point Properties tab.
Scroll down the list to see the remaining point properties.
(g) Enter 0, 0, and 1for X-Axis, Y-Axis, and Z-Axis, respectively.
(h) Enter 263K for Temperature.
(i) Enter 1.7e-4kg/s for Flow Rate.
This is the methanol flow rate for a 30-degree section of the atomizer. The actual atomizer flow rate is 12 times
this value.
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(j) Retain the default Start Time of 0s and enter 100s for the Stop Time.
For this problem, the injection should begin at
and not stop until long after the time period of interest. A
large value for the stop time (e.g., 100 s) will ensure that the injection will essentially never stop.
(k) Enter 0.0035m for the Injector Inner Diameter and 0.0045m for the Injector Outer Diameter.
(l) Enter -45degrees for the Spray Half Angle.
The spray angle is the angle between the liquid sheet trajectory and the injector centerline. In this case, the
value is negative because the sheet is initially converging toward the centerline.
(m) Enter 82.6m/s for the Relative Velocity.
The relative velocity is the expected relative velocity between the atomizing air and the liquid sheet.
(n) Retain the default Azimuthal Start Angle of 0degrees and enter 30degrees for the Azimuthal Stop Angle.
This will restrict the injection to the 30-degree section of the atomizer that is being modeled.
(o) Define the turbulent dispersion.
i. Click the Turbulent Dispersion tab.
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The lower half of the panel will change to show options for the turbulent dispersion model.
ii. Enable Discrete Random Walk Model and Random Eddy Lifetime in the Stochastic Tracking group box.
These models will account for the turbulent dispersion of the droplets.
(p) Click OK to close the Set Injection Properties panel.
(q) Close the Injections panel.
Note: In the case that the spray injection would be striking a wall, you would need to specify the wall boundary
conditions for the droplets. Though this tutorial does have wall zones, they are a part of the atomizer apparatus.
Because these walls are not in the path of the spray droplets, you do not need to change the wall boundary
conditions any further.
3. Set the droplet material properties.
Because the secondary atomization models (breakup and coalescence) are used, the droplet properties must be
set.
Define
Materials...
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(a) Select droplet-particle from the Material Type drop-down list.
(b) Enter 0.0056kg/m-s for Viscosity in the Properties list.
(c) Select piecewise-linear from the Saturation Vapor Pressure drop-down list.
Scroll down to find the Saturation Vapor Pressure drop-down list.
The Piecewise-Linear Profile panel will open.
i. Click OK to retain the default values and close the Piecewise-Linear Profile panel.
(d) Scroll down and enter 0.0222N/m for Droplet Surface Tension.
(e) Click Change/Create to accept the change in properties for the methanol droplet material and close the Materials
panel.
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Next: Step 6: Solution
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